Carpiodes velifer
Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820)
Highfin carpsucker
Carpiodes velifer
photo by The Native Fish Conservancy

Family:  Catostomidae (Suckers), subfamily: Ictiobinae
Max. size:  51.4 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 2,072.0 g; max. reported age: 11 years
Environment:  demersal; freshwater, potamodromous
Distribution:  North America: Lake Michigan drainage and Mississippi River basin from Pennsylvania to Minnesota and South Dakota and south to Louisiana, USA; Atlantic Slope in Cape Fear and Santee River drainages in North Carolina, USA; Gulf Slope drainages from Choctawhatchee River to Pearl River in USA.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults occur in pools and backwaters of creeks and small to large rivers (Ref. 3814, 10294).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 25 October 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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